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Evaluating the environmental consequences of groundwater contamination: 1. An overview of contaminant arrival distributions as general evaluation requirements

Evaluating the environmental consequences of groundwater contamination: 1. An overview of... The environmental consequences of subsurface contamination problems can be evaluated completely and effectively by fulfilling the following five requirements: (1) determining each present or future outflow boundary of contaminated groundwater, (2) providing the location/arrival time distributions, (3) providing the location/outflow quantity distributions, (4) providing these distributions for each individual chemical or biological constituent of environmental importance, and (5) using the arrival distributions to determine the quantity and concentration of each contaminant that will interface with the environment as time passes. The arrival distributions on which these requirements are based provide a reference point for communication among scientists and public decision makers by enabling complicated scientific analyses to be presented as simple summary relationships. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Water Resources Research Wiley

Evaluating the environmental consequences of groundwater contamination: 1. An overview of contaminant arrival distributions as general evaluation requirements

Water Resources Research , Volume 14 (3) – Jun 1, 1978

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 1978 by the American Geophysical Union.
ISSN
0043-1397
eISSN
1944-7973
DOI
10.1029/WR014i003p00409
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Abstract

The environmental consequences of subsurface contamination problems can be evaluated completely and effectively by fulfilling the following five requirements: (1) determining each present or future outflow boundary of contaminated groundwater, (2) providing the location/arrival time distributions, (3) providing the location/outflow quantity distributions, (4) providing these distributions for each individual chemical or biological constituent of environmental importance, and (5) using the arrival distributions to determine the quantity and concentration of each contaminant that will interface with the environment as time passes. The arrival distributions on which these requirements are based provide a reference point for communication among scientists and public decision makers by enabling complicated scientific analyses to be presented as simple summary relationships.

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Water Resources ResearchWiley

Published: Jun 1, 1978

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